Tater Taco Casserole
This Tater Taco Casserole is a Mexican mixture of taco meat, beans, corn, and cheese topped with tater tots and enchilada sauce.
The family will love this tater tot casserole (some people call it a hot dish) recipe with a spicy kick! This Tater Taco Casserole is a twist on the classic hot dish.
TACO TATER TOT CASSEROLE
This Tater Taco Casserole is a dish that the whole family will love. I’ve made quite a few failed dinner attempts lately so redemption was in order.
Everyone loves tater tots and everyone loves Mexican food so why not combine the two! 
Start by browning some beef, onion, and garlic. Next, we add a whole bunch of flavor so hold on to your shorts.
Add some green chiles, Old El Paso taco seasoning, black beans, corn, and cheese. So easy!
Pour this into your prepared baking dish and top with tater tots. 
Drizzle some enchilada sauce on top to give those tater tots an extra kick.Bake the casserole until the tater tots are nice and crispy. If you like your tots extra crispy you can even bake them before placing them on top.
Since this is Tater Taco Casserole we need all our taco fixings: olives, sour cream, tomatoes, and cilantro.
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Taco Tater Casserole
This Tater Taco Casserole is a Mexican mixture of taco meat, beans, corn, and cheese topped with tater tots and enchilada sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced finely
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (4 oz) can Old El Paso diced green chiles
- 1 (1 oz) package Old El Paso taco seasoning mix
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (12 oz) package frozen corn
- 3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 (28 oz) package frozen tater tots
- 1 (10 oz) can Old El Paso red enchilada sauce
- Toppings: olives, cilantro, sour cream, tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. For extra crispy tater tots, bake tater tots for about 10 minutes while preparing the beef mixture - otherwise prepare as follows.
- In a large skillet, brown the beef and the onion. Add the garlic towards the end of the browning process and cook for 1 minute. Drain.
- Add the green chiles, taco seasoning mix, black beans, corn, and 2 cups of the cheese. Stir together to combine. If your skillet isn’t big enough you may need to stir it together in a bowl.
- Pour mixture into the prepared 9x13 pan. Arrange tater tots on top of the mixture in a single layer.
- Pour the enchilada sauce on top of the casserole as evenly as you can.
- Bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes or until tater tots are nice and crispy. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of cheese on top and place back in the oven for 2-3 minutes or until cheese has melted.
- Top with olives, cilantro, sour cream, tomatoes when serving if desired.
Recipe Notes
For extra crispy tater tots, bake tater tots for about 10 minutes while preparing the beef mixture.
I was compensated by Old El Paso for this post but all opinions are my own.
I made this for dinner tonight. I used ground turkey instead of beef. It was a HUGE hit with my family! Thanks for an easy and delicious recipe!!!
Really good & so easy to make
Could I use refried beans instead of Black beans?
Might make it have a different consistency but it’s worth a try.
Absolutely incredible. One of the best dishes I’ve ever had.
Aww thank you!
Wow! I make quite a few casseroles because I’m a big fan of leftovers and I must say this is one of the best ever. It was sooo good. The enchilada sauce on the tators made them almost resemble corn tortillas. We didn’t have any tomatoes but we sliced up some green onions and it was delicious! Followed the rest to the t and wouldn’t change a thing. Great job and thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it!
Can we freeze this ? If so would I make it exactly and just wait for it to cool before I freeze?
I haven’t personally tried freezing it but others have with success. Yes, I would let it cool then freeze.
Could you freeze this?
Made it tonight. Everyone loved it! Thank you.
So glad you loved it!
We skipped the meat altogether and just doubled up on the onions and beans, it was fantastic! We will definitely make this again, so good.
Thanks!
DELICIOUS TWIST! Definitely keeping in rotation, everyone loved it.
So happy to hear that!
Adding this to my recipe box. Easy and delicious!
Thank you!
I am not a good cook, just ask my family! But last week I was the “best cook ever” thanks to this recipe. I only make a few dishes that are “mmmm so good” as my son will tell you. So I stepped out of the norm and printed this recipe before leaving work, stopped at the store and whipped this up. It was super easy and quick! It was done as my son came home from football practice. It was a huge hit! My husband even liked it!! Thank you so much!!
That makes me so happy!
This is now one of our family favorites…THANK YOU
The whole family loves this!! Super delicious and easy!! It’s a keeper!!
I love that you love it!
I’ve made this a few times for DnD night and all my nerds love it! Thank you!
hahaha. I love that!
This was wonderful and sooo easy will make again and again and so on and so ….
Thank you!
We had it for dinner tonight, so yummy!! All I had on hand were Ore Ida Crispy Crowns. They’re just a little flatter.
So glad you liked it!
I made this for a girls sleepover with my sisters & niece & it was really good. I used pinto beans instead of black & omitted the corn & added a can of rotel. Definitely a keeper!
Sounds like you are a great cook!
I plan on making this tonight. Is it better adding water with the taco seasoning or without adding water?
Sorry. I was out of town. I don’t add water.
I’m going to try this on the weekend, but I have one question. The taco seasoning we get here in Canada always has you mix it with water. In your video you put just the packet in and no water. Doesn’t it come out very salty? Just curious…thanks! 🙂
Yes, ours calls for water too. You could add some but it doesn’t need it and isn’t too salty.
Google homemade taco seasoning, it’s super easy and you can completely skip the salt.
Wow! This is mind numbing crazy good stuff! Saw this recipe yesterday. Made it tonight for dinner. Husband said it was delicious. He ate two full plates of this. It made a lot so I am freezing some for lunches. I am thinking of bringing this to our superbowl party in two weeks. Thank you for this awesome recipe we really enjoyed this dish. Now I have to hit the treadmill.
Amazing. I did make a few small changes. I used canned corn just under a full can. I also accidently mixed the sauce in with the meat mixture. And it still is a favorite of ours. Mmmmm good
One of my favorites. I added some rice and jalapenos to the mix, made it really great!
WOW! This was a big hit. I was told is was the best dinner I have ever made. Thank you
Had this for dinner tonight. I added diced tomatoes inside and olives inside as well as the other stuff. Also after I put the meat mixture in the casserole dish I layered cheese on top and some olives then tater tots olives and cheese . it was a hit. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
You’re welcome!
Tried this. It was AMAZING!!! There definitely was not any leftovers!! The family lived it. Will be making this again for sure!!!
Thank you!
I ended up cooking the meat and taco seasoning before and it tastes awesome! My husband loved it!
So good to hear.